Baby, it's cold outside! (if only)

When I started this post it was cold outside.

That's the way it is around these parts in the almost-winter...

...bitter cold one day, balmy the next.

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One thing that makes me happy, especially around Christmastime,

is that cold-outside-while-it's-warm-and-cozy-inside kind of feeling.

That feeling can be conveyed in many ways.

Maybe it's a roaring, crackling fire in the fireplace...

...the soothing ambiance of scented candles...

...the soft glow of Christmas lights...

...and something I adore year 'round...a room dimly lit with only a few accent lamps.

A few months back while browsing at a local thrift store,

I turned down an aisle and suddenly it was like I had been transported back to the 70's.

I was surrounded by harvest gold....everything.

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I have to tell you all a little secret...

I actually have fallen back in love with it.

Well let's just say, I was like little kid in a candy store.

I was really tempted to buy this set of glasses...

...identical to the set Jim and I began married life with...ahh...the memories...

But I didn't...a few of them were chipped :(

I did, however, buy a few other "golden" things.

There was something about this jar (front) that I couldn't resist,

and it kind of (but not really) matched my vintage gold cannister set that I had found...

...at three different visits to three different Goodwill stores.

Then I came across a couple of harvest gold vintage globes from some sort of light fixture.

A silent little voice inside of me squealed with delight!

I knew I had to have them and I knew just exactly what to do with them.

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These were my skinny little candlestick lamps before...

...and here they are after the "golden globes" {smile}...

...a perfect fit.

So...let's get back to warm and cozy...

I just love the reflections they create on the wall...

...and the cozy atmosphere they bring to the room.

I really look forward to turning them on every evening.

The warm glow that they give off just does something for me...

...especially on a cold, gray, almost-winter night.

Oh, I can hear some of you now..."are you kidding me...harvest gold??"

Call me crazy, call me old fashioned...go ahead, I'll take either one...or both!

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So it may or may not be cold outside in the middle of December in North Carolina,

but I can pretend that it is when it isn't.

The glow of my vintage lamps will warm up the room, regardless.

So, please excuse me if you will...I must go crank up the A/C :)